Batboys Randy Lewis and Nathan Dearman walk through the outfield during a Nashville Sounds game against Sacramento at Greer Stadium on Monday.

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Michael Cass
| The Tennessean

The Nashville Sounds and Mayor Karl Dean's administration have agreed to a three-year lease extension at Greer Stadium, which would push their stay at the 35-year-old ballpark into the next mayor's term.

Legislation filed with the Metro Council for consideration Tuesday would extend the lease at the city-owned stadium through the end of 2016, more than a year after Dean will leave office.

For the Sounds to start playing in a new baseball stadium in 2017, Dean would almost certainly have to be the mayor to make it happen. But Dean and the Sounds haven't done much to put together a deal in the ...